New Jersey § acts:saved-27 - (23)

§ acts:saved-27. (23)

1. That in lieu of and in substitution for, the one set of, or the three commissioners

provided for in the sixth section of the act to which this is a supplement, there

shall be appointed in the manner in said section provided, such number, sets or divisions

of commissioners, to consist of three members in each set or division, and not exceeding

six sets or divisions in all, as the justice of the supreme court in said section

mentioned, in his discretion shall deem it expedient to appoint, for the performance

of the duties and services therein mentioned; and in the order making the appointment

of each of said sets or divisions of such commissioners, the said supreme court justice

shall designate and specify the territory or portion of the road aforesaid, or any

other or connecting road or roads provided for in any act supplementary to said original

act, in and over which they, that is to say, each set or division of such commissioners,

may operate and exercise jurisdiction; and to this end said justice is hereby authorized,

in his discretion, to divide the whole territory or length of said road, as well as

the other or connecting roads aforesaid, from one end to the other, into such number

of sections or divisions not exceeding six in all, as he may deem proper; and said

commissioners and each set or division thereof, within their several jurisdictions

as herein provided for, shall, upon qualifying and taking the requisite oath, have,

possess and may exercise like power and perform like duty confided to and vested in

the three commissioners mentioned in the act to which this is supplementary; and

the notices and proofs in said sixth section mentioned and required, and the proceedings

and steps directed therein to be taken for the appointment of said three commissioners

originally specified, and all other provisions of the act relating to such commissioners,

shall apply to, have force and shall be followed, as near at least as may be, to the

other and additional commissioners made necessary and required by this act; any vacancy

occurring therein by death, resignation or otherwise, may be filled by said supreme

court justice, by his appointing to fill the vacancy, without any other proceedings

or preliminaries than mere evidence satisfactory to him of the death or vacancy, a

suitable person qualified as directed in the original act; any resignation may be

made effective by the commissioner tendering the same in writing, addressed to said

justice of the supreme court and filing it in the office of the clerk thereof.